WREXHAM manager Bran Carey has called on supporters to rally behind his players as they bid for a first victory of the year against Wycombe Wanderers today

The build-up to this afternoon’s Racecourse clash has been dominated by a war of words between the club owners and Wrexham Supporters Trust, but the Dragons boss yesterday claimed he had no idea what the row was about and insisted he cared even less.

“I don’t know anything about what is going on because it is not my department,” he said.

“What is important is that people get behind the team and put everything else to one side.

“We have got a massive battle on our hands and no one who has the club’s best interests at heart needs these sort of distractions at the moment.”

Following a run of eight games without a win and after taking only two points from the four games since Denis Smith was sacked last month, Wrexham are a point above the League Two relegation places.

But Carey, who said he would walk away if results didn’t improve, believes his side have bottomed out and that he has grounds for optimism.

“I’m not under any pressure at all as I said from the outset when I took over,” he added.

“It’s an ongoing process and I’ll see how things pan out, but I feel there has been a positive reaction from the players in recent weeks. If there hadn’t been one, I would have been under pressure.

“I know the players have given their all so far and I can’t ask any more than that.

“It will be a different story if we continue to take two points from every 12 and I’ve been round long enough that I’m not blinded by the glamour of the job, but I’ve set no time limit on myself because I’m not one for looking at the negatives.

“The players are upbeat and positive and that is what we should be concentrating on. And if we carry on playing the way we have done in recent games the results will take care of themselves.”

Wales international Steve Evans returns from injury this afternoon to strengthen the defence, but the match will be Paul Mitchell’s farewell, the MK Dons midfielder returning to his club next week.

Mitchell squandered a great chance to score his first goal of the season against Stockport County on Tuesday, a miss that took on greater significance when the visitors snatched victory in the 93rd minute.

But Carey said: “My players deserve credit for the way they went about the game against the division’s form team and everyone took a great deal of heart from the performance.

“It would be nice if Paul could get me a goal tomorrow before he goes back, but his effort on Tuesday was not the only chance we had. There have been chances in all the games we’ve played and we just need to stick them away and any talk of a lack of confidence in front of goal is just that.

“What we need tomorrow is a performance similar to Tuesday’s. We put Stockport under pressure, we made them look uncomfortable and we’ve got to do it again.”

l WREXHAM’S forthcoming home games against Chester and Shrewsbury on Sunday February 18 and February 25 respectively are all-ticket, with no sales on the day.

Tickets for the Chester game go on sale at the Racecourse today before and after the match with Wycombe and during normal office hours for the remainder of the week.

Tickets for Shrewsbury go on sale on February 11 and for the following two weeks. They can also be bought on February 17 and 24.